On this time I like the most engagement rings which belog to:
Maxima, Madeleiene, Letizia, Victoria, Autumn - they're not too big and too small.
Thay're almost all in one colour (of course Maxima's).
I don't like rings belong to:
Marie (nice idea but not work),
Camilla (I know that he love his beloved granny but he should give C new).
Why there's no picture of MM, Mathilde, Claire, Paola, Elizabeth's (Mother and II), Laurentien's rings and etc.?
Why not choose the best from all engagement rings?

I usually like coloured stones very much, but for engagement rings I prefer diamonds! They go with all kinds and styles of jewels and clothes, never clashing with anything. And that seems perfect for a ring you want to wear at all times because it means so much to you.
The one I like most is Madeleine's, but I wouldn't say 'no' to Victoria's either If I were offered Marie's ring, well, I'd tell tell my boyfriend that I will marry him only on the condition that the stones are re-set (Anyway, there is no chance that he would ever be able to afford something like those rings, so I shouldn't be worried)

Thank you for posting the link to the pictures, sgl! Edited to add rings provided in jcbcode99's post.

Favourite

Queen Elizabeth – arguably my favourite engagement ring ever. Traditional yet extremely pretty and not overwhelming. The only clear picture of the ring I have seen is in "Queen Elizabeth: A Birthday Souvenir Album". This ring looks very much like the Queen's, however there are differences in the design of the side stones.Crown Princess Victoria - apart from Queen Elizabeth's ring, I probably like this one most: it's traditional yet very beautiful with a great design, shape and stone. Daniel has a great tastePrincess Grace – beautiful ring, I do love it a lot even despite the square diamondDiana – despite the sad end of the marriage, I always liked Diana’s engagement ring. It was tasteful and prettyLady Sarah Chatto – beautiful, unfussy and traditional: just my type of an engagement ringClotilde - normally I'm dead against such modern pieces for engagement rings but this one is beautiful, sweet and despite the heart-shaped ruby, even tasteful

Least Favourite

Princess Marie - great idea, dreadful designPrincess Letizia - the ring looks cheap and boringPrincess Alexia - arguably my least favourite ring ever. Looks like the stone accidentally wandered into the ring and was trapped thereVictoria Lockwood - unlike Clotilde’s sweet heart-shaped ring, this one is tacky and pompous: nothing sweet or pretty about it. It might have looked quite nice without the tiara-like extension. Sometimes less is really moreWallis – the emerald is beautiful but I hate the overall look of the ring. It might have looked better in white gold or platinum setting though

Neutral

Princess Anne - lovely, beautiful ring but nothing spectacularSarah - same as Princess Anne: lovely but not spectacular and a tad too traditional. I'm also rather sceptical about rubies in engagement ringsPrincess Mary - this ring goes into the same category as Princess Anne's and Sarah's rings for me: nice but nothing spectacularPrincess Maxima - same as Princess Anne's, Sarah's and Princess Mary's rings: pretty, nice but nothing spectacular or particularly beautifulMarie Chantal - pretty but nothing special Camilla - I don't like the shape of the stone (for engagement ring) and the overall look of the ringPrincess Madeline - lovely and beautiful ring but I like Victoria's better. Maybe it's because of the stone shape: that and the square shapes are my least favouritesSophie - the ring just doesn't work for me. I can't even pinpoint a reason: it's nice, it's traditional (more or less) and it’s all-diamond. Perhaps despite the designer's best efforts, the ring ended up boring and plainPrincess Margaret – the idea of creating a ring that would remind of the bride’s names (ruby set like a rosebud with a diamond marguerite) is lovely but I’m not sure I like the resultQueen Margrethe - it's certainly very majestic but just too big for my tastePrincess Astrid - interesting ring but I'm not sure it's fitting for an engagementAutumn – plain and boring

I have always like QEII's ring as well. Lady Chatto's is beautiful and charming. Queen Margrethe's is impressive, but looks like it might be cumbersome to wear.
I do love Princess Grace's engagment ring, 10 carat plus emerald cut diamond:http://elitechoice.org/wp-content/up...07/09/ring.jpg

Please post any pictures and close-ups that you have of Royals or Nobles wearing their signet rings, i think it is quite interesting to see how their was made since they can choose whether to reveal their entire coat or arms or only the dominant elements. The way you wear a signet ring can also indicate whether their heart is taken or not, when a ring is worn towards the exterior of the hand (the shield/coat of arms facing away from the body) it means that they are not married or engaged, while if they wear it towards themselves it means that they are or have been married. However it seems that the nobility in certain countries such as Polen does not respect this rule which is rather common in France or Germany.

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I quite like the ring. I agree that the setting is a bit too much.
I own a very similar ring, the stone is a green tourmaline instead of an emerald. The setting however is only gold and that looks much better IMO.

I quite like the ring. I agree that the setting is a bit too much.
I own a very similar ring, the stone is a green tourmaline instead of an emerald. The setting however is only gold and that looks much better IMO.

This is not the original setting. It was reset in c. 1950 (according to the Christie's auction catalogue.)

Isn't it wonderful that the world of jewelry can accommodate all of us! I like ALL the rings, because of the sentiment. It is only recent that women had any hand at all in their engagement rings. Whatever was presented was accepted. In 1929, my grandfather presented my grandma with a pearl brooch as an engagement gift. It's only recently that we've become so fussy.

I think Letizia's ring is lovely. I also like the Egyptian way of no engagement ring at all. The plain band is worn on the left during engagement and moved to the right at the wedding. Muslim men may not wear gold, so their rings are either silver or platinum.

In Ireland the Claddagh is widely used as an engagement and wedding ring, depending on how it's worn. The left hand is the wedding finger in Ireland.

Sarah Chatto's ring is a very middle-class English cluster. My sisters in law have rings like that.

I'd like to think that all of these royal ladies, like me, would have privately accepted a piece of string if the man I loved was proposing!